Cardiology
Conference Coverage
Heart attacks soar in young IBD patients
IBD and myocardial infarction share a common risk factor – inflammation.
Conference Coverage
ACC Day 2: Late-Breaking Clinical Trial highlights
Long-term outcomes of a novel heart pump and a look at what happens when copays go away, will be revealed on Sunday.
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Hypertension guidelines unlikely to hold sway with PCPs
Primary care physicians are happy with their own goals.
Conference Coverage
ACC Late-Breaking Clinical Trial sessions preview for day 1
Saturday features reports on two highly anticipated trials, ODYSSEY and VEST.
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Young diabetics are at sevenfold increased risk of sudden cardiac death
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Danish national study is the first of its kind and found fivefold increased all-cause mortality.
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Mild cognitive impairment rises in heart patients with comorbidities
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Across the spectrum of cardiovascular disease, the higher the likelihood of mild cognitive impairment, Jocasta Ball, PhD,...
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Adding hypertension in pregnancy doesn’t refine ASCVD risk prediction tool
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – The 2013 ASCVD Risk Calculator doesn’t do a better job of predicting 10-year risk in women when a history of hypertensive...
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200 cardiovascular drugs now in development
Research interest is strong in heart failure and stroke.
Conference Coverage
Sex-triggered sudden cardiac arrest extremely rare
"Our take home message from this study is that sexual activity can be regarded as safe, even in cardiac patients."
From the Journals
VIDEO: No short-term link found between PPIs, myocardial infarction
Researchers studied new users of either prescription PPIs or an active comparator, prescription histamine2-receptor antagonists.
From the Journals
Overweight and obese individuals face greater cardiovascular morbidity
Obese people have shorter life spans and spend more of their lives dealing with cardiovascular disease.